Circle of Titles - The Return

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At this time, all assignments have been sent via Private Message on this forum. Please reach out to me if you sent me titles and have not received a private message with your assigned titles.
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Did we really only get 9 days for this? Like, just over a week? That feels like less time than usual.
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True. I just checked the archives and the time for CoT has never been less than 14 days - the longest was about 5 weeks.
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I think Jon mentioned recently on IRC that he may have miscalculated the due date. Expect an extension coming.
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I mean cynically I was thinking maybe he's trying to get the obligatory extension out of the way sooner rather than later ;)
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Thank goodness because there is no way I was hitting the current date.
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Yeah, that was a huge brain-fart on my part. I was trying to give two fulls weeks plus an extra weekend. Instead I did the math wrong and gave you guys the shortest Circle of Titles deadline ever. Oops!

So previously I said the due date would be 11:59pm EDT on Sunday, July 19th. I'm pushing it back a week.

The new deadline is 11:59pm EDT on Sunday, July 26th.

Now get crackin'. :ugeek:
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I was quite surprised at the short deadline. Maybe I'll tackle the other title now.
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I am only slightly closer to being done now than when I was stressed about the deadline being last week.

This is fine.
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Looks like I'll be busy with work stuff for the entire weekend, in preparation for next week's vacation. This is the only time I had available for writing and recording a song.
I think I'll be very late.
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Happy to wait. Bring it!
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Got mine finished and emailed to Jon Eric. I'll hold off on posting lyrics until the songs are up.
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Sent mine in earlier. Had a lot of fun with it, thank you to whoever supplied the title!
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I'm in! Looking forward to hearing the other titles.
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I'm going to be late. I'm sorry. I've been working on my regular songfight song all weekend and I don't think it would be optimal to subject my ears to wearing these headphones any longer today.
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Well, I'm in. I'm not terribly happy with my song but given the state of the everything plus my ongoing health issues this was about all I could muster.
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I sent mine in early - I had a Moment of awakening and a window of opportunity so I ran with it. I mean, I didn’t run very hard or fast or far, but I made something where previously there was naught, so at least give me that.
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Sent a song via PM here on the board. I didn't see an email address.. granted I only looked for a couple of minutes.
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Hey folks! The deadline is technically in 3.5 hours. Realistically, I'm not going to get these uploaded and shared out to the group tonight, so if you want to consider that a 1-2 day extension, then by all means. However, we're at a 50% turn in rate so far.

I've received songs from:
  • Brown Word and the Big Whine
  • Gizo
  • Johnny Cashpoint
  • Lichen Throat
  • Vom Vorton
  • Niveous
  • Sockpuppet
  • Pigfarmer Jr
Still waiting on (asterisks indicate that I'm not expecting a finished song tonight from the indicated artist)...
  • Reve and Ujn
  • Jon Eric*
  • Mike Lamb*
  • Micah Sommersmith
  • Jan Krüger*
  • Hot Pink Halo
  • Irwin*
  • Owl
Get them to me whenever you can. You can attach the file to a Private Message here on the board, like Pigfarmer Jr did, or you can email my personal address, trickyhipster@gmail.com.
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I thought it was going to happen tonight; it did not. Hopefully tomorrow night.
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MicahSommer wrote:
Sun Jul 26, 2020 9:11 pm
I thought it was going to happen tonight; it did not. Hopefully tomorrow night.
I hear you. I wrote my song in a fit of depression in the middle of my "vacation" last week when I was nowhere near the computer. Just finally sat down and got a demo recorded, but it's rough as all get out. I'll have to redo almost every part tomorrow.

Long ago, I think it was Circle of Titles II, I published a song that wasn't quite ready just to meet the deadline. The vocals were way too pitchy. I went back and corrected it, then uploaded the new version, which was better-reviewed by the people who heard both versions, but I think most of the listeners only heard the first version. All of this is to say, I could upload what I have (the old "fart into a microphone" strategy), but I'd prefer to wait until it's actually ready, even if that means it's late.
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I’m running late, sorry—today wasn’t as productive as I needed it to be. We’re moving next week and I didn’t really realize how disruptive it would be to not have easy access to couch, guitar, or laptop. Along with trying to shove everything into not quite enough boxes.
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